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November 11, 1926

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Headlines from November 11, 1926

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Cold Snap Here on Schedule; New England Now Shivering

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The thermometer hovered a few degrees above freezing point most of yesterday afternoon and the cold snap forecast by the local weather bureau was well on its way here last night. Slightly colder, clear weather is expected today. This city and the vicinity fared much better than New England, where heavy rains preceded a cold wave that sent the mercury below the freezing point in many places.

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CROWDS LINE ROUTE OF COOLIDGE TRAIN; Indianapolis Station Assemblage Cheers Him as Presidential Nominee for 1928. OVATION FOR MRS. COOLIDGE Party Dines on Canvasback -- Sees Movies as It Speeds Toward Kansas City. CROWDS LINE ROUTE OF COOLIDGE TRAIN

By Special to The New York Times

Crowds line route of train

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INNOCENT NOVELIST JAILED AS SWINDLER; Carroll John Daly, Seized by a Marshal, Spent a Night in Tombs. FOR A CALIFORNIA CRIME Another Daly Sought -- Protests Disregarded -- He Will Press Complaint.

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C J Daly is arrested in White Plains, N Y, in mistake for J J Daly who is wanted in Cal on swindling charge

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Developments in Hall Case; Mrs. Gibson on Stand Soon

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1926Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (died 2016)^[†]

Maria Teresa de Filippis was an Italian racing driver, and the first woman to race in Formula One. She participated in five World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1958, but scored no championship points. Though her Formula One racing career was brief, she won races in other series and is remembered as a pioneer in the sport.

1926Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1998)^[†]

Harry "Apple Cheeks" Lumley was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins between 1943 and 1960. He won the Vezina Trophy for being the goaltender to allow the fewest goals against in 1954 and won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 1950. In 1980, Lumley was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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1926The United States Numbered Highway System is established.^[†]

The United States Numbered Highway System is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these highways were coordinated among the states, they are sometimes called Federal Highways, but the roadways were built and have always been maintained by state or local governments since their initial designation in 1926.

Headlines from November 11, 1926

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Cold Snap Here on Schedule; New England Now Shivering

CROWDS LINE ROUTE OF COOLIDGE TRAIN; Indianapolis Station Assemblage Cheers Him as Presidential Nominee for 1928. OVATION FOR MRS. COOLIDGE Party Dines on Canvasback -- Sees Movies as It Speeds Toward Kansas City. CROWDS LINE ROUTE OF COOLIDGE TRAIN

INNOCENT NOVELIST JAILED AS SWINDLER; Carroll John Daly, Seized by a Marshal, Spent a Night in Tombs. FOR A CALIFORNIA CRIME Another Daly Sought -- Protests Disregarded -- He Will Press Complaint.

Developments in Hall Case; Mrs. Gibson on Stand Soon

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